Little Victories
A couple of years ago the hasp on the metal lean-to broke. Instead of a loop for the hasp, it had a little twistable fastener and that fell off one day. We had been using the lean-to for trash sacks, storing them in there until we had a truck load to take to the transfer station, and after the gadget broke I had to brace the doors shut with a chunk of two-by-four.

I bought a new hasp back in May, and it had been sitting on the shelf ever since. Today it suddenly occurred to me that I didn't have to replace the whole hasp, just the broken piece. So, I charged the drill, got out my screwdriver, took off the old piece, and mounted the new one. It's not on straight, and I can't claim it's a good job, but it does hold the doors shut and now I can put trash in there again and not have to worry about the bear knocking over the can!

Every time I get some small thing like this done, it restores a bit more of my self confidence. Everyone needs a few little victories along the way.